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A1	Shut 'Um Down Written-By – Gil Scott-Heron	5:28
A2	Alien (Hold On To Your Dreams) Written-By – Gil Scott-Heron	4:09
A3	Willing Written-By – Gil Scott-Heron	4:16
A4	Corners Lyrics By – Gil Scott-HeronMusic By – Brian Jackson	4:47
B1	1980 Written-By – Gil Scott-Heron	6:20
B2	Push Comes To Shove Written-By – Gil Scott-Heron	3:37
B3	Shah Mot (The Shah Is Dead / Checkmate) Written-By – Gil Scott-Heron	4:04
B4	Late Last Night Written-By – Gil Scott-Heron	4:25

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Arista Records, Inc.
• Recorded At – TONTO's Studio
• Produced For – Spice, Inc.
• Manufactured By – Festival Records Pty. Ltd.
• Distributed By – Festival Records Pty. Ltd.

Credits

• Arranged By – Brian Jackson
• Art Direction – Donn Davenport, Ron Kellum
• Backing Vocals – Brian Jackson (tracks: B1), Julia Waters, Marti McCall, Maxine Waters Waddell*
• Drums – Brian Jackson (tracks: A1), Harvey Mason (tracks: A2 to B4)
• Flute – Carl Cornwell
• Guitar – Ed Brady (tracks: B1, B2), Marlo Henderson (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B4)
• Horns – Bill Watrous, Denis Sirias, Gordon Goodwin
• Other [Hair] – Webster McKnight
• Other [Stylist] – Hui Wang
• Photography By – John Ford
• Photography By [Special Effect] – John E. Barrett
• Piano [Acoustic Piano], Electric Piano, Bass [Keyboard Bass] – Brian Jackson
• Producer – Brian Jackson, Gil Scott-Heron, Malcolm Cecil
• Producer [Production Assistance], Engineer [Engineering], Mixed By [Mixing] – Malcolm Cecil
• Saxophone – Carl Cornwell (tracks: B1, B2)
• Synthesizer, Synthesizer [T.O.N.T.O.], Drums [Kettle Drums] – Brian Jackson (tracks: B3)
• Typography [Hand Lettering] – Hal Fiedler

Notes

Recorded at TONTO/Santa Monica, Cal./August-October, 1979.
© 1979 Brouhaha Music
℗ 1980 Arista Records, Inc.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side A, etched): SMX55955 W2B
• Matrix / Runout (Side B, etched): SMX55956 W2B

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
AL 9514	Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson	1980 ‎(LP, Album, San)	Arista	AL 9514	US	1980
AL 9514	Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson	1980 ‎(LP, Album)	Arista	AL 9514	US	1980
AL 9514	Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson	1980 ‎(LP, Album, Promo)	Arista	AL 9514	US	1980
201 733	Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson	1980 ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Arista	201 733	Europe	Unknown
AL 9514	Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson	1980 ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Arista	AL 9514	US	2014